Monthly Archives: September 2018

Jennifer Bulava: Bonding With A Monarch

Posted on September 28, 2018 by connorj

  What is it like to live with a butterfly for five days?  And what good can it do? Jennifer Bulava tells us here: A Naturalist & A Monarch Find A Bond

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Steve Glynn: South Jersey’s Sleepy Orange Colony

Posted on September 23, 2018 by connorj

Steve Glynn has been carefully monitoring a colony of sleepy oranges at Dix WMA, Cumberland County, since August, 2016, when he found and re-found two females and one male flying there over several days — and began wondering why they … Continue reading →

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Beth Polvino: Documenting My Brazilian Skippers

Posted on September 17, 2018 by connorj

Beth Polvino has tracked and photographed the entire sequence of Brazilian skippers in her garden in North Cape May this year: from eggs to adults (still continuing). Until this year the species was not known to breed in NJ. Thanks … Continue reading →

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